(LISTEN TO THE END) Another challenge to regular front toss. In this drill the hitter has his left eye occluded while the right eye is strobing. This increases the difficulty but also increases the brain to focus. Better focus means the brain gets better info. Better info allows the brain to move the body into a position for success. You can switch modes to work the other eye. Working the weaker eye really helps to eliminate the ‘blind spots’ in every hitters strike zone. Speed up the brain and the game slows down. Focus on relevant info and ignore irrelevant info and the brain works more efficiently.
Baseball and Softball Videos
Strobe Training Glasses
Baseball - Front Toss - Right Eye Only (Listen to the End) with Strobe Training Glasses
Baseball/Softball Tee Drill with Strobe Training Glasses
Great example of tee work with Strobe Training Glasses. Softball athlete working on focus and balance. The brain becomes lazy. We can train to brain to maintain a strong focus by taking away visual info. Also, when we take away visual info the body must activate the vestibular (balance) proprioceptive (feel) systems. This allows the brain to improve balance and feel. When we can MAKE the brain gather info from the muscles and nerves we can speed up body awareness or balance. Elite athletes are able to identify shortcomings and make adjustments. If you cannot ‘feel’ what you are doing wrong you will continue to do it. Success and consistently will suffer.
Baseball Tee Hitting Drill with Strobe Glasses
Focus and Reaction Time. Tee work can become boring to the brain and focus is diminished. Visual vigilance falls off. When we train with Strobe Glasses the brain remains engaged at a high level. Our focus is strengthened. We ‘feel’ our swing and balance by taking away visual stimuli from the brain the brain has to rely more on the vestibular (balance) and proprioceptive (feel) systems to get its information. Balance and feel are the most difficult skills to develop. Reaction time, focus and balance are all improved through Strobe Training.
Baseball Live Arm BP L Screen RH Hitter
Pitching Balance and Focus Drill with Strobe Sport Training Glasses
The pitcher is always fighting to control their balance. Over 80% of all info to our brain comes through the eyes. The vestibular (balance) and proprioceptive (feel) systems are under trained. By using Strobe Glasses you can accelerate improving the last skills to develop for elite athletes, balance and feel. Improve focus on your target. Improve your balance and body awareness. Elite athletes can make adjustments because they know when their body is not in the correct position. If you cannot ‘feel’ what you are doing wrong you will have difficulty trying to change it. Inconsistency follows. Train your brain to communicate better with your muscles and nerves.
Baseball - Heavy Ball Barehand Catching Drill with Strobe Training Glasses
Working with receiving heavy balls while wearing Strobe Glasses creates softer hands, better focus, reaction time and balance. Every catcher (and umpire) has a ‘blind spot’ where it is more difficult to track and catch pitches successfully. It is recommended to have catchers train in the single eye mode to work on the weaker eye to learn to give the brain better info. Better info for the brain allows the brain to move the body into a position for success.
Baseball Single Leg RDL Balance Drill with Strobe Training Glasses
Baseball Pitcher Feedback Post Throwing with Strobe Glasses
MLB veteran pitcher, Edwin Jackson, giving feedback after throwing with the Strobe Training Glasses. The skills developed are balance and focus. By taking away visual stimuli the brain must get more of its info from the muscles/nerves (proprioception) and inner ear (vestibular) systems. Once a pitcher has better body awareness he can make adjustments pitch to pitch. Doing so allows the pitcher to more consistently put his body into a position for success. Balance and feel are paramount to be a successful pitcher at any level. When we take away visual info from the brain the brain searches for its ‘food’. The brain connects with the proprioceptive system (muscles and nerves) to get its info. The result is the brain and body are more connected and can ‘feel’ where it needs to be to be successful and consistent.
Baseball Feedback After Target Throwing with Strobe Training Glasses
Feedback – 2 minor league prospects discuss how they feel after target throwing with the Strobe Glasses. They say how they experience greater ‘feel’, like the ball coming off the fingers. They ‘feel’ more about where their body is at any given time. They can ‘feel’ where the ball will go earlier. Strobe Glasses can train the brain to learn better balance and focus. Focus provides the important info the brain needs to put the body in a position for success. Remember, the brain is naturally lazy and it doesn’t like to focus for long. Strobe Training Glasses MAKES the brain and trains the brain to capture and maintain a high level of focus. Better focus is better ‘food’ for the brain. Better food allows the brain to put the body in a position for success more consistently.
Baseball Throwing to a Target with Strobe Training Glasses
We can become more accurate with our throws/pitches when the brain gets better info (focus). Great focus is like feeding your brain filet mignon. Poor/weak focus is like feeding you brain a big, greasy cheeseburger. The better info the brain gets the easier it is to move the body in a position for success. Strobe Glasses make the brain be more efficient and learn to ignore irrelevant info. As an athlete continues to train with the glasses, 3x per week for 10-15 minutes, the brain will maintain a high level of focus and balance. The brain is inherently lazy. That’s why younger athletes are not consistent. We can train the brain to not be lazy, to work faster, and be more efficient by keeping the unnecessary info, thoughts, self-doubt, etc. out and only necessary info in.